Twine-holder.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

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APF'LIOATION HERD JULY 27, 1903.

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UNITED STATES 4 Patented June 28, 19v4.

PATENT OFFICE.

TWINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,729, dated June 28, 1904. Application m July 27,1903. serial No. 167,247. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUELJAMEs CURRY, merchant, of Innisfail, Alberta, North-West Territories, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. My invention relates particularly to suspended twine-holders of the type embodying means for drawing up the loose end of the twine after it is cut; and it has for its object to enable the twine-holder to to a certain extent control the amount of twine drawn from the holder each time a length is required and at the same time provide a simple and effective holder of the above type.

The invention may be said briefly to consist of a suspended twine-receptacle adapted to present a guiding-surface for the twine, a tension device located above said receptacle, and a take-up device depending therefrom and adapted to take up sufficient of the slack twine to pull up the loose end.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the aceompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a twineholder constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on lines B, Fig. 2.

The twine receptacle 6 is of cylindrical form, having a cover 0. The top thereof is perforated, as at (Z, and an eye 6 is secured upon the under side of perimeter. A hanger f, made of a single length of wire, is bent to present a hanging loop 9, and the ends thereof are soldered or otherwise connected tothe ends of the receptacle f.

A tension device is carried by the hanger and consists of a resilient hook it, the lip a whereof is confined in a ring The take-up device consists of a rod la, depending from the under side of the receptacle and having a stop 70 at its lower end and a counterpoise Z, slidable thereon and provided with an eye m.

4 The ball of twine n, which may be of any form, is placed in the receptacle through the cover 0, and one end thereof is taken upwardly through perforation (Z and through the tension device, over one side of the perimeter of the receptacle, through the eye m upon the counterpoise, and upwardly through the eye 6 upon the receptacle, from which said end hangs.

While drawing twine from the receptacle the resistance of the tension device counteracts the resistance of the counterpoise thereof, causing the latter to be lifted to the top of the rod, and then when the twine is pulled from the holder the tension device will to a certain extent retard same and prevent more than is required being pulled out, while the counterpoise will overbalance and pull up the loose end after the amount required is cut off. After the twine is cut thetension device affords suflicient resistance to the twine to counteract the pull of the counterpoise, thereby causing the latter to pull upon and raise the loose end. I

What I claim is as follows:

1. A twine-holder comprising a receptacle having a cover for the introduction of the twine, a perforation in the top side, and an eye upon the perimeter thereof near the lower side, a hanger connected to said receptacle, a tension device carried by said hanger above the perforation in the receptacle, a take-up device upon the under side of said receptacle and adapted to act upon the twine and take up sufficient thereof to raise the loose end, substantially as described.

2. A twine-holder comprising a horizontally-arranged cylindrical receptacle having a cover for the introduction of the twine, a perforation in the top side, and an eye upon the perimeter thereof near the lower side, a hanger connected to said receptacle, a tension device carried by said hanger, above the perforation in the receptacle, a take-up device upon the under side of said receptacle and adapted to act upon the twine and take up sufficient thereof to raise the loose end, substantiallyoas described.

"3. A twine-holder comprising a horizontally-arranged cylindrical receptacle having a cover for the introduction of the twine, a perforation in the top side, and an eye upon the perimeter thereof near the lower side, a hanger consisting of a single piece of wire bent to form a loop midway between its ends and hav- 5 ing said ends connected to the ends of the receptacle, a tension device carried by said hanger above the perforation in the receptacle and consisting of ,a resilient hook having its lip retained by a ring, and a take-up de- IO vice upon the under side of said receptacle and adapted to act upon the twine for the purpose set forth, said take-up device consisting of a rod depending from the under side of said receptacle, a counterpoise slidable upon said rod and an eye upon said counterpoise, substan- 5 tially as described.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL JAMES CURRY. Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. MGFEAT, ARTHUR H. EVANS.- 

